Fruits
Georgia growers enjoying improved peach crop
Last year’s summer peach crop was disastrous, but Georgia’s peach crop rebounded this summer following colder temperatures in December and January, according to Jeff Cook, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources agent... more »
Bayer sponsors bee health webinars
National Pollinator Week is being celebrated by Bayer Crop Science, Bee Culture and Project Apis m. with webinars featuring innovative research aimed at making an immediate impact on honey bee colony health. The webinars... more »
Late winter, dry spring bring bountiful berry season
Marvin Pritts, a horticulture professor and small fruit specialist at Cornell University, said a later winter combined with cooler weather in April produced a strawberry crop that is smaller than in years past, but that same... more »
Plants that fight back: WSU researchers combat parasitic worm
So small it can’t be seen with the naked eye, a parasitic worm called the root-knot nematode causes mammoth problems for Northwest farmers. Potatoes, grapes and other crops could gain a new, nature-based way to... more »
Growers get labor-saving ideas at UC Grape Day
Labor costs about 7 cents per vine for managing the “touchless” vineyard, compared to $1 in the conventional vineyard, says Kaan Kurtural, UC Cooperative Extension specialist. Will machines replace the romance of the hand-cultivated... more »
Growers: Far too few workers
Conditions may be improving slightly for the fruit growing community, based on responses to a labor survey conducted by Fruit Growers News, but 40 percent of respondents still experienced severe worker shortages in 2017. Most... more »
Produce packaging showroom opened in Milwaukee
Paxiom Group has opened a showroom in the Milwaukee area showcasing its clients’ products. Paxiom is the global sales and service division for industry leading manufacturers WeighPack Systems, Eagle Packaging Machinery, SleekWrapper and CombiScale. It... more »
Student’s work on grape vine management earns 3 awards
Palissage is a technique of wrapping shoots on the top catch wire or tucking shoots back into the catch wires in order reduce vegetative growth of the vine and increase the... more »
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